Asylum Hill Congregational Chapel dedicated

The chapel was finished by March 4, 1865.

The Asylum Hill Congregational Church was formally organized on March 23, 1865.

At the 1860 annual meeting of the City Missionary Society, David Hawley, speaking as the superintendent of the Albany Avenue Sunday School, thanked Nelson Kingsbury for providing the school with the use of Hope Chapel to the Sunday school.

Nelson Kingsbury’s contribution is the equivalent of $9,714.49 in 2024.

Swartz, Melva J., “Hill Church Will Observe Anniversary,” Hartford Courant, March 18, 1940, page 1.

Unattributed, “Asylum Hill Chapel,” Hartford Daily Courant, March 14, 1865, page 2.

Unattributed, “Fiftieth Anniversary of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church,” Hartford Courant, February 14, 1915, page X5

Unattributed, “History of the Hill Church – F. Irvin Davis Gives It in Brief,” Hartford Courant, March 2, 1908, page 4.

Unattributed, “Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twichell Honored at Anniversary of His Church,” Hartford Courant, March 24, 1915, page 16.